Civilian lunatic asylums during the First World War : a study of austerity on London's fringe / Claire Hilton.
Hilton, Claire (Psychiatrist), author.
2021
RC450.G7 H55 2021
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Title Civilian lunatic asylums during the First World War : a study of austerity on London's fringe / Claire Hilton.
Author Hilton, Claire (Psychiatrist), author.
ISBN 9783030548711 (electronic bk.)
3030548716 (electronic bk.)
3030548708
9783030548704
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1
Imprint Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1 doi
Call Number RC450.G7 H55 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.2/10942109041
Summary This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on shell shock exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums in London, challenging the commonly held view that changes in psychiatric care for civilians post-war were linked mainly to soldiers' experiences and treatment. Drawing extensively on archival and published sources, this book examines the impact of medical, scientific, political, cultural and social change on civilian asylums. It compares four asylums in London, each distinct in terms of their priorities and the diversity of their patients. Revealing the histories of the 100,000 civilian patients who were institutionalised during the First World War, this book offers new insights into decision-making and prioritisation of healthcare in times of austerity, and the myriad factors which inform this.
Access Note Open access.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Mental health in historical perspective, 2634-6036
Available in Other Form Civilian lunatic asylums during the First World War.
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1. Introduction: civilians, lunacy and the First World War
2. Infrastructure: rules, walls, obstacles and opportunities
3. Certified insane: concepts and practices
4. Personnel: staffing the asylums and serving the Colours
5. Food, farm and fuel: an inequitable supply chain
6. Patients and their daily life
7. Difficult diseases: tuberculosis and other infections
8. Accidents, injuries, escapes and suicides
9. Shackles and chains: some concluding thoughts.

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